Glossary of Acronyms

Acronym Definition

BCR Bird Conservation Region

CWCS Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy

DBNF Daniel Boone National Forest

EKPC Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative

ESA Endangered Species Act

FSA Farm Service Agency

GIS Geographic Information Systems

GRank Global Rank

GSP Gross State Product

IAFWA International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

ILP Interior Low Plateau

ILPK Interior Low Plateau Karst Conservation Area

IRVH Interior Rivers Valleys and Hills

JV Joint Venture

KDFWR Kentucky Division of Fish and Wildlife Resources

KFWIS Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Information System

KRS Kentucky Revised Statutes

KSNPC Kentucky State Nature Preserve Commission

KY-CWCS Kentucky Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy

KY-GAP Kentucky Gap Analysis Project

LBL Land Between the Lakes

MOVP Mississippi-Ohio Valley Plains Conservation Area

NABCI North American Bird Conservation Initiative

NALCP North American Landbird Conservation Plan

NAWCP North American Waterbird Conservation Plan

NAWMP North American Waterfowl Management Plan

NBCI Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative

NGO Nongovernment Organization

NMA The National Mining Association

NRCS Natural Resource Conservation Service

NRI Natural Resources Inventory

PCA Priority Conservation Area

PIF Partners in Flight

RDBMS Relational Database Management System

SA Species Account

SGCN Species of Greatest Conservation Need

SIUC Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SRank State Rank

STWG State and Tribal Wildlife Grants

SWAP Southwestern Appalachian Plateau Conservation Area

TNC The Nature Conservancy

USFS United States Forest Service

USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS United States Geological Survey

USSCP United States Shorebird Conservation Plan

WCRP Wildlife Conservation and Reinvestment Program